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Built in c1538-40, Deal was equipped with three tiers of platforms for mounting long-range guns for use against shipping, and with handgun embrasures for an all-round defence capability.

This is a tranquil scene showing Angmering Green, where lime trees were planted during the first decade of the 20th century, and a war memorial was erected in 1920.

It may be a few months before the end of the First World War but these families are enjoying a trip to the seaside. The boy in the foreground is wearing the fashionable sailor suit of the day.

Little has changed in this quiet spot, with St Mary's Church still attracting a fair amount of visitors to see its Early English features. In the chancel is the Hammond family vault.

Broadgate was always the hub around which Coventry revolved, and Hertford Street was once one of the main streets running into it, though it was constructed only in 1912.

Red Hill is one of the pleasantest streets in Stourbridge, created centuries ago by cutting through the red sandstone which outcrops locally.

This stretch of the coast developed long after Blackpool; with the coming of the tram system, there was much rivalry to purchase land for hotels, hydros and houses.

The DD registration tells us that the car chugging its way into town from the direction of Nailsworth was local, registered in Gloucestershire.

He achieved many things, but is best remembered for the formation of the Metropolitan Police and his part in repealing the hated Corn Laws, which inflated the price of bread and was, in effect, a tax upon

To the left, overlooking the beach, stands the lifeboat station and, on the right, one of the town's two lighthouses.

Horses and carts no longer park outside the Wheatsheaf public house, however; but the spire of the parish church can still be seen in the background at the end of Burlington Street, which like the High

A flock of sheep pose obligingly for Francis Frith's photographer near the head of the Winnats Pass, near Castleton.

Three women, all wearing ankle-length dresses, pose on Dovedale's famous Stepping Stones beneath the limestone crags of Thorpe Cloud (right).

We can just see the Ladybower Dam at the end of the reservoir in this view from the Snake Road. The noble escarpment in the left background is Bamford Edge.

If we stand where this picture was taken, we can see that the row of thatched cottages remains.

This photograph of the town shows the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian buildings and shop fronts.

On the left are the premises of the now defunct National Provincial Bank of England, and just opposite is a window cleaner's cart containing ladders.

Note the sign on the telegraph pole on the right - 'telegrams may be telephoned.' Upper Clatford lies at the confluence of the River Anton and the Pillhill brook.

We are looking down on the village from the site of a Roman camp. The old Roman road drops steeply down onto the green, via a bridge over the short river from Semer Water, two miles away.

Just four miles west of Scarborough travellers were tempted to stop for refreshments at the Derwent Cafe. The cafe is now in the back part of the building, while the front is a general store.

At the end of Main Street is the entrance to Sewerby Hall, now a fine museum officially opened in June 1936 by the Hull-born aviator Amy Johnson (1903-41).

St Ives Harbour, facing east and in the lee of the Island, is one of the more sheltered harbours on this rugged coastline.

Cyclists pedal along in comparative safety, and a lady is happy to stand in the middle of the road and ask a policeman for directions.

Little of the abbey church remains, but other buildings around the cloister are better preserved. This view shows the south transept (centre left), with the chapter house on the right.